Visual C# .NET » File IO

We have 33 File IO tutorials, you can see below:


Building a File Path with Path.Combine (.NET)


When using a variety of input methods to accept a file path and file name, the format of the results can vary. To avoid the problems of checking for path separator characters and adding or removing them as required, .NET provides a method to provide this.


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Working with the System.IO.Directory Class in C#


A brief introduction to the .NET System.IO.Directory class


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Directory.CreateDirectory() method bug fixed


Fixing System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory() security bug.


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Obtaining (and managing) file and folder icons using SHGetFileInfo in C#


Article showing how to read file and folder icons from C#, and then building a management class to maintain file icons in up to two ImageList objects.


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A recursive method for copying files to different volumes


This article describes a recursive method for copying files to different


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File Information using C#


Getting information of Files and Directories


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Working with Archived files


Some time ago, I faced a different concept of file when I worked on a mainframe: one that holds multiple other files. Since then, I tried to reproduce this behavior in .NET.


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File Processor


An article on processing a File using the FileSystemWatcher class


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Retrieve detailed information of a File


The article shows how to get the detailed information of a file like comments, author...


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Fast Binary File Reading with C#


Exploring the fastest way to read structures from a binary file in C#.


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Cabinet File (*.CAB) Compression and Extraction


How to implement creation and extration of MS CAB files.


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#zlib - Modifying Archives


A way to modify Zip archives without extracting them completely.


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Scan the Directory / Files (Calculating the size)


Scans through the directory recursively and calculates the total size.


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Quick and dirty directory copy


Quick directory copy to another directory.


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Cool File System Class with Thread Support - Easy To Use


An easy to use file system class supporting threads.


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FolderSync class for .NET


A set of classes which can get differences between two folders and which can synchronize them according to basic rules


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Function to copy a directory to another place (nothing fancy)


Simple C#/.NET tip to copy an entire directory tree to another directory


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Create Icons for Folders in Windows Explorer, Using C#


This article describes how to assign an icon to a folder in Windows Explorer, using C#.


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Directory Mirror using the FileSystemWatcher class


An application that monitors a directory and maintains a copy of it.


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xDirectory.Copy() - Copy Folder, SubFolders, and Files


The .NET framework doesn\'t have a Directory.Copy() method. So I developed one myself.


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WinSearchFile: how to search files on your PC


Sometimes the search engine integrated with Explorer doesn\'t work fine, especially when I try to find text contained into files, so I decided to build my own search program.


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File System Enumerator using lazy matching


An efficient solution for finding files.


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Ini Handler


Permits simple access to ini files


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Handle multiple configuration files


Read and write any configuration file with ease


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Working with Files in C#


File access can mean two different things in C#. The most obvious meaning is the storage and retrieval of data on the disk. A second meaning, however, involves the way that C# source code is grouped into source files.


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Getting File Version Information


In this article, I\'ll show how to get file version information, using C#.


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Decompress Zip files with Windows Shell API and C#


Use Windows shell API in C# to decompress Zip files, without showing the Copy Progress window.


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Programmatically Checking and Setting File Types


When developing a Windows Forms application that loads documents, setting custom file types adds greatly to the professional feel of the software. This article explains how to programmatically check your file type is registered and register it if not.


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Create a File-Compare Function in Visual C# .NET


This step-by-step article demonstrates how to compare two files to see if their contents are the same. This comparison looks at the contents of the two files, not at the file names, locations, dates, times, or other attributes. This functionality is similar to the MS-DOS-based Fc.exe utility that is included with various versions of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft MS-DOS, and with some development tools.


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Adding Files to My Recent Documents


If an application provides the facility to use files, Windows users expect to see recently loaded items in the My Recent Documents section of their Start menu. This functionality is missing from the .NET framework 2.0 so the Windows API is used.


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How to search files on your PC


Sometimes the search engine integrated with Explorer doesn\'t work fine, especially when I try to find text contained into files, so I decided to build my own search program.


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Decompress Zip files with Windows Shell API and C#


Use Windows shell API in C# to decompress Zip files, without showing the Copy Progress window.


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My Explorer In C#


An article on creating a simple Window Explorer using C# without Interop.


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